Lizandra Barrios Herrera
Ph.D. Student - Computational Chemistry
MSc. - Nuclear Physics
BSc. - Nuclear Engenieer
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Biography
Lizandra Barrios Herrera is currently a Ph.D. student at the Prof. Dennis Salahub group, in the Chemistry's Department at the University of Calgary. She completed a Bachelor degree in Nuclear Engineer in 2010, and a Master of Sciences degree in 2013, both at the Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences, Havana, Cuba. Lizandra's area of research involves the use of computational chemistry and quantum mechanics to investigate the role of Ni-Ceria nanocatalysts in a novel Aquaproccessing technology for the upgrading of heavy and extra-heavy oil.
Awards
2018-2020 Izaak Walton Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholarship Award, University of Calgary, Canada
2019 Mitacs Globalink Research Award, University of Calgary, Canada
2017-2018 Eyes High Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, University of Calgary, Canada
2016 Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), Canada
2014-2015 CSIC for Development (i-COOP+ 2014/20155), Spain
2015 Aaron Kuppermann QRS awards for the best posters sponsored by J Phys. Chem. A., Salamanca, Spain
2011-2013 Grant Scholarship, University of Basel, Switzerland
2010 Golden Diploma. Summa Cum Laude, Higher Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences, Cuba